Nap

This was a cute pic of Madison, Emma, and Kaylie having a nap on the Dykes's couch so I thought I'd post it up. Since Tammy has started watching Madison during the days over at the Dykes's house, Emma gets to see Madison every day and Kaylie drops by for a visit every now and then. Somehow Tammy manages to get them to settle down and sleep for hours at a time. I think she drugs them with turkey pablum so she can play with their toys.

Quickie

I have a couple seconds for a few updates. Emma turns 6 months old today! She's a barrel of fun as she's now loving solid foods and growing a couple bottom teeth. School is out for Christmas break, I had all my finals last week and now I'm off until the 9th of January. We were pleasantly surprised by a couple scholarships I was granted over the past couple of weeks thanks to my brilliant performance in school last year. I'm now working full-time again for Dejong over the holidays and Tammy has taken up watching Madison during the day but we both get the week between Christmas and New Years off. Despite our busy schedules we managed to decorate our house over the past week or so, it actually looks lived in now. Everything is tickety-boo on our end and I'll post more as the holidays roll on.

4 of 9

Here are four of the nine great-grandchildren on the Bourne side, and their Mums. From left to right we have Emma with Tammy, Josh with Erica, Lucy with Heather, and Brian with Corinne. This picture was taken over at Graham and Leahs on Monday night when we crashed their place to see the Powells one last time before they went back to Utah.

Malauney and Woody

My cousin Malauney got married this past friday to her new husband Woody Crapo. The wedding and reception were held at the East Stake Center and the theme was a winter wonderland. It was exciting to see another one of the cousins take the plunge and it was great to see the family again. Congratulations Malauney and Woody, you're at the end of your troubles, I just don't know which end.

Hockey Night Reloaded

This past Friday I got to go to another Flames game, this time with Aaron, Iain, and Keegan. Jodie got the tickets from a client at work, they were second row right off the Flames blue line. It was pretty nifty being so close even though it was sometimes hard to see the action down at the other end of the ice. Probably the highlight of the night (since we lost 5 to 2 to Chicago) was when Darren McCarty skated over to where we were sitting and tossed a goal scoring puck over the glass to us. Aaron caught it and being a good uncle gave it to Keegan. The game went down hill from there but that made up for it. After the game we went to the Fan Attic and Iain bought a stand for the puck and I bought a little Flames t-shirt for Emma as she turned 5 months old yesterday. It was a great night and Jodie says she might be able to get those tickets again so perhaps we'll get to see a few more games. I took some pictures but my camera ran out of batteries before I could really get any good ones.

Woody's Bachelor Party

I don't know if I've mentioned it on the site yet but my cousin Malauney is getting married this month to her fiance who is Woody Crapo. This past Friday we had a Bachelor Party for him at Graham and Leah's place which included some food, folks, and fun. Malauney will be the 9th grandchild on the Bournes side to get married which will make the grandchildren count (including the in-laws) somewhere around 31. Out of those 31 grandchildren there are 9 great-grandchildren which brings my Gramma Bourne's posterity count (including her own 5 children and their spouses) to 50. Someone can correct me if my math is wrong or if I've forgotten anyone. 50 people and growing. I know some families have triple that but I still think it's an impressive show of force.

Homecoming Queen

Emma's Great Grandma Bourne returned from her mission in Salt Lake City over the weekend. She has been working in the Family History Center for the past year and a half and has had 5 great grandchildren born to her during that time. She is the last living Great Grandparent that Emma has, so we were glad they could finally meet. We had a big Family lunch over at my parents that most people were able to attend, and it was good. Later that night my cousin Malauney had her Bridal Shower there so the guys got kicked out. The Trevors and Tyler and I crashed the Jones's house and watched the Flames game as they beat Vancouver 1-0. Great Gramma Bourne will be staying at my parents for a while from what I know but she's never one to stay put too long. I think she already has plans for a road trip down to Florida with some mission buddies and she's talking about going on a third mission as well. We're glad to have her back though, even if it is temporarily.

Hockey Night

My mom surprised Tammy and I the other night with a pair of tickets to go see the Flames play the Minnesota Wild while she stayed at our place to watch Emma. It was the first time Tammy and I have gone out, just the two of us, since Emma was born. We had a ton of fun and the Flames won 3-0 so we couldn't ask for more. My Mom loves to play with her Grandchildren too so it was treat for her as well.

Halloween 2005

Halloween blew by us again this year. Tammy and I are yet to really celebrate a "decorating" holiday since we've been married. Last year at Christmas we set up our tree but didn't put any decorations on it. We're just always so busy and popular. This Halloween was no exception. We had no costumes, no decorations, and not enough candy. We got more kids this year than we expected since last year our neighbourhood was like a ghost town, and not in the good way. Iain stopped by with the kids and so did Aaron and Madison. We also had a friend I used to work with named Brandy stop by with her little girl Kay. Emma was too small for a costume this year but next year she'll be old enough to participate. I hope the weather is as good next year as it was this year. Kids have it easy these days, I remember when I was a kid, we trekked through mountains of snow in minus 20 degree weather while our plastic costumes splintered apart around us, and for a lot crummier candy than whats getting dished out in the neighbourhoods of today. Maybe I should have gone as a grouchy old man this year.

Breakfast of Champions

Monday morning was one of those rare occasions where Dave and Nathan and I all had nothing going on so we decided to get together for some breakfast over at the Walker's. We only had about an hour or two to catch-up but it was still worth it. I have a picture here and as you can see we're all twice the men we used to be, literally. Dave and I see each other almost daily now that we work together but we're lucky to see Nathan once a year. We made some plans to get together at his parents new place in Rocky Ridge sometime to check it out and we're hoping that we can catch a hockey game sometime this season too. Thanks Walker's for hosting the show and for all that food.